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One Of Trump’s Biggest Cheerleaders Says Mueller Report Will Be ‘Politically Very Devastating’ To The President

Uh-oh... No collusion? Maybe?

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I think the report is going to be devastating to the president. And I know that the president’s team is already working on a response to the report. … When I say devastating, I mean it’s going to paint a picture that’s going to be politically very devastating. I still don’t think it’s going to make a criminal case because collusion is not criminal.

Alan Dershowitz, commenting on the forthcoming report from special counsel Robert Mueller, during Sunday’s episode of “This Week” on ABC. Dershowitz went on to say that if Mueller’s “smart,” he’ll “leave it to Congress to decide whether [this] rises to the level of an impeachable offense.”


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